In collaboration with the campus and surrounding communities, the Latin American Studies Program supports concerts, theme dinners, film screenings, symposia, service-learning projects, debates and teach-ins organized by various student organizations, faculty, campus divisions, and neighborhood associations. Every semester speakers who are experts in a field related to the courses being offered or who are directly involved with social, political, academic or cultural activities in Latin America are invited to campus. Our students are offered numerous opportunities to engage with Latino or Latin American communities in many other ways as well.
LASO: The Latin American Student Organization at Bowdoin
LAS and LASO collaborate in numerous programs and events to promote understanding of Latin American and Latino cultures on campus and beyond. Among their shared yearly projects are the planning and implementation of the Hispanic Heritage Month on campus and the presence of Bowdoin students in El Centro Latino de Maine.
Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good
Coordinates service trips that Bowdoin students organize to get to know and support community projects, including several in Latin America and with Latino populations in the United States. The McKeen Center also advises our faculty to integrate public engagement in their research and pedagogical practice. In addition, the Latin American Studies Program and the McKeen Center often work together in the organization of public lectures, workshops, and service initiatives.
The Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association
Fosters a spirit of friendship and cooperation with citizens of Trinidad, Cuba and the Brunswick area. LAS faculty and students are actively involved with BTSA. One of its highlights is "Cuba Week," a celebration of Cuban culture through arts, food, and scholarship every year in April.
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